[UberRon]

Well said notXcited. I too was much like you and needed to get some cash in as I was made redundant in January. Saw the Uber add on Seek, did a little research, some calculations and came to the conclusion that this gig only needed to make me around $250 p/w to keep my head above the red line and stay in the black. So I decided to head of with my paperwork to one of the onboarding sessions in Melbourne's western suburbs. One concern was the insurance requirements and they assured me that me, my car and passengers were covered by their policy. Well like most I decided to give it a go. After a couple of trips I thought this is great, it took a couple of weeks to figure out the best times to drive which for me was on Fri & Sat evenings, usually after the footy I would hit the road for 4-6 hrs. After that first couple of weeks I stumbled across a real job which was a 3-4 day permanent part time position so life was looking great. Kept doing the Uber because I was enjoying it. You see if you go out at the right times it is easy money, I was getting around $1 p/kilometer on a good night. A couple of months back I found you guy's here at UberPeople and soon discovered that there were some real concerns regarding insurance and alike but thought I would march forward till at least the GST deadline. So now I'm joining you notXcited and hanging my driving gloves up. You know if Uber just stopped trying to fight the system here in Australia and went out of their way to try and make it a legal alternate to taxi's then maybe they would succeed quicker. Oh before I sign off when I went to the onboarding there were around 40 others there. 2 of us were caucasian and quite a few of the other did not speak gooder english while a handful also presented their taxi tickets.

Just thought I would share with you all. Maybe this is the start of something and in the future we may be able to terrorize the the roads once more in a legal and insured manner.

 

[UberRon]

Truth be known, let the Uber nomads rule. I just like all the other Uber drivers did it for a while and enjoyed it, the customers love it even more. Without the RISK takers, Uber and ride sharing in general would die in this great land of ours, we wouldn't want that would we...
GoGoGo Ubermaniacs help this fantastic transportation service become a legal alternative to the rundown and overpriced taxi system.

Ok 3 cheers if you agree.
Boo if you don't.

 

[UberRon]

Go and driver for Uberx you say it won't be a problem to anybody will it ? Meanwhile your neighbour who owns a taxi plate has just dropped 400K on its value. Your other neighbour who is a taxi driver is on 50% pay cut a week now because of Uberx !

Meanwhile 20% of all Uber transactions (Australian Money) are flowing overseas to an American Billionaire and staying there.

The passenger market is now flooded ( too many drivers ) meaning there is too little work to go around for everyone.

Do go and have a drive it surely won't be a problem ! ( not ).

You too must be a one eyed taxi driver. You can't stop change and a change is coming. In the past many individuals have invested in small businesses only to get screwed by change a cheaper pricing as Drivindad states. Losers in the stock market, people have also invested in their education to learn trades only to get screwed by cheap imports and their jobs being made redundant. Many have lost jobs and are having a very hard time getting another, the list goes on. Suck it up I also say and join the the list. Life goes on.

 

[UberRon]

Sneaky Pete, You must think the rest of us came down in the last shower, nobody in your tax bracket would be paying the amount of tax that you claim you have to pay.
Net pay = $1172.01 Well that would be Gross pay if you have not had tax deducted yet.
payg = $753. This is not %37.
$433 is %37 of $1172.
It appears you are telling porky pies.

Pete it seems to me that your biggest issue is with the ATO and paying tax period. Get over it dude we all must pay tax.

You also said you risked your life for 2 months. doing 12hr days. Man and you only got approx $1400 in fares. I think you need to get back in your taxi cause Uber ain't for you. Get a new tax accountant too as I think he or she may be taking some of your hard earned cash and sticking it their coffers.